Booze-fuelled prolific offender Justin Guy claimed he had broken into the property on the spur of the moment after heavy drinking session with pals.

But the bumbling burglar unwittingly triggered a motion-sensor webcam belonging to one of the students and filmed himself raiding one of the bedrooms in his very honest headwear.

Guy, 44, stole £3,750 worth of items, including computers, games consoles, an iPod, a Kindle, cash and jewellery, and even stole the webcam that caught him in the act.

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The footage shows him wearing gloves and carrying a torch. Guy can be seen stuffing items into a bag before leaving the room to search elsewhere in the four-bedroom house.

Bournemouth Crown Court heard that in the recorded footage Guy could be heard saying 'where's the passport?'

Prosecutor Keely Harvey said three of the students living in the house in the student house were away for the summer break when the burglary happened on September 5.

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A neighbour of the house on Pine Road, Bournemouth. saw Guy climbing over a fence as one of the victims returned home.

Although he escaped, Guy was arrested several days later.

Guy, who has 43 previous convictions for 135 offences, initially denied a charge of burglary but later changed his plea.

He told police he would help them find the stolen items and took them to a country lane where a purse was found but it didn't belong to any of the burglary victims and he refused to give police any more information.

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Mitigating, Les Smith said Guy had relapsed into heroin use after a friend's death.

He said: "At first blush, it looks very bad indeed for Mr Guy.

"Upon his last entry to prison, he made a deep promise to himself and others that he would not make someone a victim again."

Mr Smith added that Guy had been wearing gloves because he had been working as a gardener.